Is it hard to get into Penn State?

Applying to College
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<p>t's one of my dream schools and also one of my not so sure I can get in schools :/ </p>

<p>My sister is currently a Sophmore there and she got in with a 1700-1800 SAT </p>

<p>My SAT score is very low (1600 with a 550 on reading, 530 on writing, and 510 on math) this was the october SAT. I improved a lot from the previous one I took in march though (I got like a 1400 with a 430 in reading 520 in writing and 510 in math) and I think I am going to take the december SAT as my last one, and I am planning on studying a lot for it to get at LEAST a 1700-1800 :/
I'm hispanic and throughout my life i've lived in 4 different countries (im gonna talk about that on my essays)
and I am getting help with my essays by a tutor so they are going to be fairlygood.
Also my GPA is 3.0 unweighted and 3.3 weighted.
Im in the IB program
I have some extracurricular and volunteering (not an exceptionally high amount though)
oh and I live in Texas </p>

<p>Thanks for your help!!</p>

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<p>Anyone…</p>

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<p>Definitely need a higher gpa and sat score :confused: what do u like about penn state ?</p>

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<p>You can look up the stats for admitted students by googling the Common Data Set for Penn State, section C. Can you afford Penn State as an OOS student?</p>